I am just sick. My Giant girl seemed fine this morning and when I went to feed her just now... she is dead. Searching for answers. It seems that the period after a spawn attempt can be lethal if you are one of my breeders. Maybe now im just realizing the stress breeding puts on a fish. 2 sudden deaths in one week has me very concerned and confused. I don't even get a chance to try meds or anything. Just totally demoralized right now.

That's awful, CJ. It was probably just stress from a couple factors, (adjusting to your water and breeding), and there was nothing yo could have done. What symptoms was she showing when you found her body?

There was no bloating or pine coning on the body. Her head was very grey. Now Im paranoid and going over every fish and taking notes. If you don't look 100% your off to the doctor lil fish. I am just not used to sudden death with these fish and trying to figure out why and turn into a learning experience from it if I can.

Im finding that the Giant boy has terrible eyesight which now explains the mess at spawn time and why food has to be right in front of him or he misses it. Always a disaster in his tank and now I know why. Dude needs glasses real bad.

After doing more research on Giant betta I may have under estimated the space they require for healthy living. It is recommended that they have a 30 inch aquarium. My Giant boy is in a 10g that isn't nearly large enough it appears. The Giant girl who died was in a 3g hospital tank that I thought was ok but may have been way too small. It is also recommended that they be on pristine water source like RO and have very frequent water changes. With my less than perfect water here and small tanks I set myself up for failure with my Giant pair. Ugg I gotta get myself an RO if I want to continue in this hobby without going nuts. At least now I have an idea where I went wrong.

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